On this day: August 3

Birthdays, historic matches and AFCON moments in African football on August 3.

50 African footballers in our database were born on August 3, including Brahim Díaz, Themba Zwane and Collin Benjamin.

African national teams have played 15 matches on August 3 since 1965.

Footballers born on August 3 (50)

Player	Born	Nation	Position
Brahim Díaz	1999	Morocco	Midfielder
Themba Zwane	1989	South Africa	Midfielder
Collin Benjamin	1978	Namibia	Full-back
Edo Kayembe	1998	DR Congo	Midfielder
Patrice Abanda	1978	Cameroon	Centre-back
Wael Gomaa	1975	Egypt	Defender
Shéu	1953	Mozambique	Midfielder
Ahmed El Messaoudi	1995	Morocco	Defender
Ismail Haddad	1990	Morocco	Wing half
Amanuel Yohannes	1997	Ethiopia	Midfielder
Francisco Zuela	1983	Angola	Defender
Mike Sserumaga	1989	Uganda	Forward
Abdelilah Fahmi	1973	Morocco	Defender
Serge Kevyn	1994	Gabon	Forward
Amr Gamal	1991	Egypt	Forward
Abdelkarim Nafti	1981	Tunisia	Wing half
Amir Karaoui	1987	Algeria	Midfielder
Mohamed Amissi	2000	Burundi	Forward
Jordy Makengo	2001	DR Congo
Harramiz Soares	1990	São Tomé and Príncipe	Forward
Augustine Williams	1997	Sierra Leone	Forward
Assil Jaziri	1999	Tunisia	Forward
Andre Petim	1985	South Africa	Goalkeeper
Ahcène Lahmar	1980	Algeria	Midfielder
Adda Djeziri	1988	Algeria	Forward
Stanton Lewis	1987	South Africa	Forward
Jacques Alberto	1992	Cameroon	Forward
Sumaya Komuntale	2003	Uganda
Luciano Ray Djim	1978	Central African Republic
Isaac Oliseh	1993	Nigeria	Midfielder
Alieu Darbo	1992	Gambia	Midfielder
Julius Ofori	1999	Ghana
Narcisse Bonan	1984	Ivory Coast	Forward
Kofi Etsiba Shaw	1983	Ghana	Forward
Kalu N'Goma	1977	DR Congo	Midfielder
Papa Koami Awounyo	1991	Togo	Full-back
Oussama Ben Maammar	1994	Tunisia	Forward
Habib Jaouachi	1974	Tunisia	Goalkeeper
Issicka Ouattara	1954	Burkina Faso	Forward
Aymen Rhifi	1984	Tunisia	Centre-forward
Abdoul Aziz Toure	2002	Ivory Coast
Phan Lê Isaac	1984	Uganda
Deogracias Abaga	1980	Equatorial Guinea	Midfielder
Amos Omeje	1988	Nigeria	Midfielder
Bocar Coulibaly	1989	Mauritania	Full-back
Kamel El Mahrouk	1985	Morocco	Midfielder
Vicky Kiankaulua	2001	DR Congo
Ashraf Mbazira	2002	Uganda
Ashraf Mulindi	2001	Uganda	Forward
Tosin Abraham Omoyele	1996	Nigeria	Forward